In The Spirit of African Design, authors Sharne Algotsson and Denys Davis explore a number of stunning homes, successfully capturing the many possibilities that exist for African-inspired design. Text and photographs reveal the strong, distinctive motifs that distinguish the different areas of the continent: the dazzling geometric patterns of North Africa, the rich earth tones of East Africa, the bold graphics of West Africa, as well as the elegant style of Afro-European design and the eclectic interpretations of contemporary designers.

The renowned author of the #1 "New York Times" bestsellers "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "The Heart of a Woman" imparts compelling wisdom learned during a remarkable lifetime in "Even the Stars Look Lonesome"--a glorious continuation of "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now".

The strong and sassy women who helped make In the Company of My Sisters: Black Women and Self-Esteem a national bestseller are back, with more straight talk to help every woman get through "the minute-to-minute obstacle course called daily living". Zoey, LeShawn, Cheryl, Jolene, and the whole Sister Circle talk from the heart, sharing encouragement, prayers, and life lessons on everything from stress to shopping, relationships to rap music, self-love to spirituality.

A collection of African-American tales and traditions passed down through generations includes thoughts on cravings, predicting the sex of your baby, curing common ailments, and how to raise a baby to be proud of its heritage.

Readers everywhere are sure to savor this treasury of wit and warmth from children, presented by today's most beloved comic, Bill Cosby. This hilarious, all-new collection ties in to the season debut of Cosby's CBS-TV series of the same name, and will be supported by the network with extensive advertising and promotion, as well as on-air exposure that's certain to turn viewers into readers.

Hard-hitting, sometimes risque, always dramatic and eloquent, the vibrant humor of African-American women is celebrated in this bold, unique, and comprehensive collection, featuring contributions from the antebellum poets, early novelists, and contemporary personalities from Toni Morrison to Whoopi Goldberg.

The author, a disabled, African-American Olympic ski medalist, Rhodes scholar, former White House official, and businesswoman, shares her personal formulas for making it to the top of one's field without sacrificing the things that are most important. Deane's prescriptive plan offers tools, insights, and exercises that help readers get the most from life while giving up less.

Part manual, part workbook, part journal, this book includes the results of extensive interviews and focus groups with men ages 25-70. It reveals what marriage means to them and tells what they are really looking for in a potential mates. This unique self-help/workbook is a funny and practical-minded guide for modern women.

A frank, no-nonsense guide to making it in corporate America! "This revised and updated edition of the 1982 classic is full of strategies, models, common sense, and even work sheets. And it rings with authenticity".--Black Enterprise.

A former welfare father from the ghetto of Detroit, Michael Eric Dyson is today a critic, scholar, and ordained Baptist minister who has forged a unique role: he is a compelling spokesman for the concerns of the black community, and also a leader who has a genuine rapport with that community, particularly with urban youth. Arguing that the richness of black culture today can be found in the interstices - between god and gangsta rap - Dyson charts the progress and pain of African Americans over the past decade.

As he sheds light on the hidden emotional psychological recesses of the black man's inner world, Dr. Elmore provides down-to-earth advice and real-life anecdotes drawn from his seminars and radio call-in shows to show women how to create the fulfilling relationship each partner wants and deserves.

By 1944, over six thousand ex-slaves had written moving stories of their captivity, providing a prolific testimony to the horrors of bondage and servitude. Noted scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. compiles four of the most important "slave narratives" in this seminal volume.

In her first play, the now-classic A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry introduced the lives of ordinary African Americans into our national theatrical repertory. Now, Hansberry tells her own life story in an autobiography that rings with the voice of its creator. "Brilliantly alive".--The New York Times.

One of today's fastest rising television personalities--co-host of the popular daytime program "The View"--pens a provocative and winning work of inspiration, drawing on her remarkable life experiences and opinions.

This success guide for black Americans--based on the principles of wealth that Napoleon Hill formulated in his bestseller Think and Grow Rich--distills the secrets of success of many black Americans, from George Washington Carver to Bill Cosby, from Oprah Winfrey to Jesse Jackson.

Baseball apartheid existed until Jackie Robinson broke that barrier in 1947. Ironically, with the integration of major league baseball, the death knell was rung for "blackball.'' In this blunt look at the Negro leagues, Ribowsky unsentimentally chronicles what he calls the penal colony of American baseball.

Songs of love and urban tragedy from one of the preeminent African-American writers of our time. Shange's poems express the need to be felt and heard, to be necessary. In this love space, we all wear our desires, t-cells, and hearts on our sleeves and experience all that comes with wanting to get hold of life, or someone to love.

In this beautifully evocative tale of life in the segregated South, the author of The Last Train North looks back at his "colored" childhood with deep pride, striking honesty, and unusual affection. Soon to be released as a major film from BET Pictures, directed by Tim Reid and starring Richard Roundtree and Phylicia Rashad.

In the companion book to her bestselling "Acts of Faith, " Vanzant inspires black women to look seriously at their lives and to try to determine how their own behavior may be causing avoidable problems.

For the last twenty years Mason's work (first published in 1966) has been the standard edition of the poems and letters of this young black poet of 18th century Boston. This new edition has been extensively revised in light of new scholarship and has been expanded to include all of Wheatley's 55 poems and 22 letters, the significant variants of poems, and the four Proposals for publication of her works, all of them annotated.

Whether you're a parent or child, black or white, rich or poor, Mountain, Get Out of My Way will fire you up, fill you with hope, and give you the confidence and energy you need to move the mountains in your way, every last one.